AION Free to Play: over 750,000 new players after only four
weeks!

Karlsruhe, 3
rd of April 2012 – only four weeks after
the successful MMORPG AION switched to a Free-to-Play model,
Gameforge is announcing the first batch of figures. Since that
time, more than 750,000 accounts have been created on the Gameforge
servers. Currently, around 20,000 new accounts are adding to this
figure every day. The Karlsruhe-based company is also able to show
a growth in the number of active daily users: since the release of
the Free-to-Play version these numbers have increased fivefold
already. With only four weeks of running time, AION has seamlessly
added itself to the Gameforge portfolio, alongside other
internationally successful titles such as Metin 2 and Ikariam.

“With the successful launch of the AAA title AION,
Gameforge has heralded the start of a new era for it’s
free-to-play sector. Further AAA titles will follow in the coming
months”, said Alexander Rösner, CEO of Gameforge.

Currently the team is working flat out on the coming 3.0 content
update, which, alongside the level cap increase, brings with it
much more than further regions and instances: the hotly anticipated
housing system and additional mounts are also part of the
update.

On AION

AION is Asian premium developer NCsoft‘s® most
successful MMO title and has been leading the ranking lists in
Korea for years Millions of players worldwide populate the estates
and regions of Atreia. With numerous updates, the game has been
continually built on and expanded. Included in these were not only
uncountable amounts of features and functions, but also standards
of the MMO genre – new instances, interesting reward systems
and improved levelling possibilities through quests. There are also
innovations such as the mentor system, where experienced players
take beginners under their wing and both profit out of it. Since
the 28
th February 2012, AION has been Free-to-Play and allows
the players to experience the entire game content for free.

Gameforge – We create worlds

With an impressive portfolio of 20 titles and over 300 million
registered players, Gameforge is one of the leading providers of
Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) in the western
hemisphere. Based in Karlsruhe, the internationally active group of
companies offer their games in more than 50 languages. Their
portfolio contains client based games such as AION, TERA, Metin2
(Europe’s most successful MMOG), 4Story, Runes of Magic,
Elsword, Wizard101, Eligium – The Chosen One and RaiderZ.
They also offer browser based online games such as the
award-winning Ikariam and OGame. The company employs around 600
employees at its locations in Karlsruhe and Berlin. Gameforge was
founded in 2003 by CEO Alexander Rösner. Since 2007, renowned
investor Accel Partners has held shares in Gameforge AG.

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